UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) vs GeForce 8600M GT

Place in the ranking	1335	753
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.99	8.62
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	G84	Ice Lake G1 Gen. 11
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	31 December 2007 (16 years ago)	28 May 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	32
Core clock speed	475 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	12-25 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.600	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.0608 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	16	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	MXM-II	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR2	DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12_1
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	1.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8600M GT 0.29

UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 3.14
+983%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

8600M GT 1040

UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) 8750
+741%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −1200%	13 +1200%
4K	0−1	9

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−200%

6−7
+200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −167%	8 +167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −400%	10 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Hitman 3	4−5 −50%	6 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −188%	21−24 +188%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −225%	12−14 +225%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −39.3%	35−40 +39.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Hitman 3	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −188%	21−24 +188%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −175%	11 +175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −39.3%	35−40 +39.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Hitman 3	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −188%	21−24 +188%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −225%	13 +225%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +80%	5 −80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −39.3%	35−40 +39.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	2−3
Hitman 3	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−200%

6−7
+200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−100%

4−5
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	12 +0%	12 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6 +0%	6 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

+0%

7−8

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how 8600M GT and UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) compete in popular games:

UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) is 1200% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the 8600M GT is 80% faster.
in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

8600M GT is ahead in 1 test (2%)
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) is ahead in 28 tests (47%)
there's a draw in 31 test (52%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.29	3.14
Recency	31 December 2007	28 May 2019
Chip lithography	80 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	12 Watt

UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) has a 982.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8600M GT in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.